Columbia Blue is pale, cool-toned shade of cool cyan. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with warm red, warm green or warm magenta
| Inverse Color | #642200 |
| Complementary Color | #ffbc9b |
| Color Shade: | cool cyan (200.4° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 80.39% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Columbia Blue Color. The Apocyan color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Lucid Dreams (#cceeff) for more calm effect. Try Heaven Gates as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#ffbc9b is the best complementary color to Columbia Blue. Warm red shades generally complement the cool cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #9bddff complementary color is Wax Flower, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Anakiwa are #9bffee and #9babff. Thus found on the left and right of #9bddff on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Anakiwa and Melrose colors as they work well with Columbia Blue.
The split-complementary Columbia Blue palette consists of #ffee9b and #ff9bab colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ffbc9b). Try Picasso and Pink Salmon colors in combination with #9bddff, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #9bddff offers a combination of cool yellow and warm magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Columbia Blue. Thus Jonquil and Carnation Pink giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Columbia Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Wax Flower, Mauve, and Mint Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #9bddff square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Columbia Blue tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#ffbc9b) and two others. The Carnation Pink is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Mint Green – 120° from the complementary Wax Flower. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ff9bdd and #9bffbd.
In a RGB color space, hex #9bddff is made of 25% red, 35% green and 40% blue. In a HSL mode Columbia Blue has a hue angle of 200.4°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 80.39%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #9bddff is made of 39.22% cyan, 13.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black ink.
| HEX | #9bddff |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(155,221,255) |
| RGB Percentage | 25%, 35%, 40% |
| CMYK | 39.22, 13.33, 0, 0 |
| HSL | hsl(200.4,100%,80.39%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(200.4,39.22%,100%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.9461,-12.4229,-23.1095) |
| XYZ | xyz(57.424,65.9015,104.3014) |